A41536:110
The trial of a Christians growth in mortification, purging out corruption, or vivification, bringing…The tryall of a Christians growth in mortification, purging out corruption, or vivification, bringing…
The trial of a Christians growth in mortification, purging out corruption, or vivification, bringing forth more fruit a treatise handling this case, how to discern our growth in grace : affording some helps rightly to judge thereof by resolving some tentations, clearing some mistakes, answering some questions, about spiritual growth : together with other observations upon the Parable of the vine, John 15. 1, 2 verses / by Tho. Goodwin.The tryall of a Christians growth in mortification, purging out corruption, or vivification, bringing forth more fruit a treatise handling this case, how to discerne our growth in grace : affording some helps rightly to judge thereof by resolving some tentations, clearing some mistakes, answering some questions, about spiritual growth : together with other observations upon the Parable of the vine, John 15. 1, 2 verses / by Tho. Goodwin.
London: printed by J.G. for R. Dawlman, 1650
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
That unfruitful branches God in the end takes away: As he did Judas, who was here especially aimed at. For proof, take Psal. 125. It is a Psalm made of purpose to show the different estate of the professors of Religion: Those that are upright, ver. 4. he saith, God will continue to do them good, and They shall be at mount Zion, and all the gates of hell shall not be able to remove one of those mountains: But because there are many, that like Planets go the same course with the other Orbs, and yet have some secret by-way besides of their own, of these he says, Those that turn aside into crooked ways, God will lead them forth ⟨p. 33⟩with the workers of iniquity: That is, in the end he will discover them to be what they are: And though they go amongst the drove of Professors, like sheep, yet God will detect them, either in this life, or in the life to come, to be Goats: Though they did not seem to be workers of iniquity, yet God will lead them forth with them.
That unfruitfull branches God in the end takes away: As he did Judas, who was here especially aymed at. For proofe, take Psal. 125. It is a Psalme made of purpose to shew the different estate of the professors of Religion: Those that are upright, ver. 4. he saith, God will continue to doe them good, and They shall be at mount Sion, and all the gates of hell shall not be able to remove one of those mountaines: But because there are many, that like Planets goe the same course with the other Orbes, and yet have some secret by-way besides of their owne, of these he sayes, Those that turne aside into crooked wayes, God will lead them forth ⟨p. 33⟩with the workers of iniquity: That is, in the end he will discover them to be what they are: And though they goe amongst the drove of Professors, like sheep, yet God will detect them, either in this life, or in the life to come, to be Goats: Though they did not seeme to be workers of iniquity, yet God will leade them forth with them.